books.google.com - In this book Lev Manovich offers the first systematic and rigorous theory of new media. He places new media within the histories of visual and media cultures of the last few centuries. He discusses new media's reliance on conventions of old media, such as the rectangular frame and mobile camera, and...http://books.google.com/books/about/The_Language_of_New_Media.html?id=7m1GhPKuN3cC&utm_source=gb-gplus-shareThe Language of New Media